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Billy's Autism


Autistic blank gaze 
Graces the spaces of mind
Rainbow's grace bestows
Dark forest gives way to trees
A smile colors blank spaces
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Contest:  Forest Lights
Sponsor:  Carolyn Devonshire

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Poet Destroyer A

Date: 12/24/2012 8:19:00 PM

John, Once again, we find ourselves trapped in the Holiday Season. And, hear I am stopping by to say Hi and to wish you a Merry Christmas once again sincerely from my heart. Loving each moment I found comforting here on the soup. Thank you for any comment or support you have offered now or in the past. Love always & forever ~ PD

Nina Mindova

Date: 12/17/2012 7:24:00 AM

Hello. It's important problem you write. Soon I teach so children.

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 11/21/2012 8:55:00 PM

John,, Stopping by to greet you and every other soup poet, with a special thank you comment, during this wonderful Thanksgiving season. Hope you do not mind the time I am taking to express my sincere appreciation for any support you have offered during the years, or time you have been here on the soup. I am deeply thankful and extend to you my best wishes for a happy and healthy Poetic Magical Thanksgiving Day. *Always & Forever, the Poet Destroyer; -*

Jack Ellison

Date: 10/14/2012 2:26:00 PM

Carol Eastman suggested I take a look at some of your work... I'm glad she did! Congratulations on your win! Cheers, Jack

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/21/2012 10:06:00 PM

Very interesting way to do this contest, john. Congratulations on your win.

Barbara Gorelick

Date: 5/21/2012 7:34:00 AM

Wonderful take on this theme. Congrats on your big win. BG

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 5/21/2012 7:27:00 AM

Congratulations on your win in Carolyn Devonshire's "Forest Lights" contest Moses. Love, Carol

Ilene Bauer

Date: 5/20/2012 3:37:00 PM

a very interesting take on the "forest lights" theme and a well-deserved win! congrats!

Elizabeth Wesley

Date: 5/20/2012 9:47:00 AM

You describe this complex condition so with such intimacy; wonder if you have dealt with anyone afflicted. My friend's daughter has it from an infected innoculation given in childhood. So sad.

John Freeman
Date: 10/3/2014 5:59:00 PM

Yes, I dealt wit it daily from 2007-2013 I drove a challenged school bus for Dover Ar. school district. Agape, Moses

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders

Date: 5/19/2012 7:05:00 PM

Congrats on your well deserved win, John! It's wonderful and insightful. Blessings and love, Rhonda

Joyce Johnson

Date: 5/19/2012 5:06:00 PM

You saw this challenge so differently and acutely. Congratulations on your win, John. Love, Joyce

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 5/19/2012 5:01:00 PM

Hurray for your win John !!!! Well done. - oxox hugs Anne-Lise

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 5/19/2012 3:48:00 PM

Congrad's on your win. Light & Love

Harry Horsman

Date: 5/19/2012 3:41:00 PM

congrats John, wow a brilliant winner here. harry

Sara Kendrick

Date: 5/19/2012 3:29:00 PM

Good one that was destined to win..Enjoyed reading this afternoon..Congrats on your win..Sara

Gwendolen Song

Date: 5/19/2012 1:47:00 PM

7777777777777777!!!!!! You know there once was a day that you wrote for so many contests..I always loved reading your unique angle on a vast array of topics...This is simply awesome!...My eldest child works with autistic children and often I join him with his patients for lunch or to go for a stroll at the park...God's heart has these kids right in the very middle! Congrats, Moses! Smmmoooooocheeeese! Gwendolen

David Williams

Date: 5/19/2012 12:24:00 PM

John congrats on your win..David

Joann Grisetti

Date: 5/19/2012 10:47:00 AM

Congratulations on yur wonderful poem receiving first place.

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 5/19/2012 10:15:00 AM

Alexa and I were stunned by the depth of meaning in this poem -- comparing the scene to the images a child with autism has. Bravo for a first-place win, John! Love, Carolyn

Nette Onclaud

Date: 5/16/2012 10:30:00 AM

wow, a deep write that celebrates all kinds of people whatever their station in life is, moe... sublime!.. best winning huggs!..:)

Jessica K

Date: 5/16/2012 10:23:00 AM

Love your word choices! a sad reality, but never makes them less of a person :)

Jack Horne

Date: 5/15/2012 11:10:00 AM

touching tender write, John

Elizabeth Wesley

Date: 5/15/2012 9:11:00 AM

Such a sad state and it manifests itself differently in each who has it. My friend's daughter got it after an infected innoculation when very young. You handled this so well John, with delicacy.

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 5/14/2012 12:13:00 PM

Soup mail, John.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/13/2012 10:12:00 PM

this is very nice, making me think of a young boy's "seeing" despite his handicap.